GUN SIGHTING TECHNIQUES
The bottom line is that if you overlook or fall short on even one of
the factors that make up proper slug gun shooting technique
you will not be consistent with your shot placement.
Why is there all this talk about the need for slug gun accuracy since, after all, most deer are taken inside of 100 yards? The answer is pure and simple shot placement. At 100 yards with a Foster style slug you actually have limited control over where your slug will land on the deer, even with the most perfect hold. With rifled barrels and saboted slugs you can place your shot exactly where you want it, where it ought to go, especially at extended ranges. You can even thread your slug with confidence through narrow gaps in vegetation and be sure that the slug is going to travel precisely along your sight path. |
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Randy Fritz looks over a target. When he's ready to shoot, his left hand will support the fore-end. |
"The technique required to reproducibly shoot tight slug groupings is unlike that required to be a proficient with a rifle," stated Randy Fritz as he proceeded to drive his point home with a demonstration. Shooting Lightfield Commander 3" slugs through one of his custom Tar-Hunt slug guns Randy proceeded to coax five slugs in a row thropugh the same hole at 50 yards. He then turned the bench over to a self-proclaimed 'good shot' who fired his best five shots but could only muster a 4 inch grouping at the same 50 yard target.
What was the difference? Both shooters were using the exact same gun, the exact same lot of Lightfield sabot slugs and were firing under the same conditions, but one was driving nails and the other couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. The difference was in their shooting technique. A person can purchase the most expensive state-of-the-art slug gun and fire the best saboted slugs money can buy, but if that person doesn't |
know and hasn't practiced proper slug gun shooting technique, all the dollars invested will have been for naught.
The fact is that once you have a good gun and are shooting good ammunition, 100% of the group size at any
distance is directly attributable to your shooting technique. Within our website's "Shooting Guide" we have detailed
the information tha the novice as well as the seasoned shooter can use to improve their slug gun shooting
technique.
Yes, our Tar-Hunt slug guns will produce 1 inch shot groupings at 100 yards, but only if the shooter ...
- Is using a good lot of saboted slug ammunition
- Is using a telescope that will continue to work for more than 100 rounds
- Remembers to always use a range-finder to check target distance prior to taking any shot
- Has a good rest to shoot off of, and has spent the time necessary to learn how to shoot well off it
- Has zeroed their gun at 50 yards
- Will spend the time to learn the intricacies of shooting slugs at 100 yards
Also see Shooting Guide Pages for Zeroing Your Gun, and Wind Flag Placement
All results detailed within our website's 'Shooting Guide' were produced while shooting a Tar-Hunt custom rifled barrel slug gun
and Lightfield saboted slugs, each a standard for accuracy within the shooting industry and together are capable of producing
optimal groupings at all effective ranges. Your results will vary greatly depending upon the model gun and type of ammunition
you are using, the amount of time you spend on the range, as well as other factors. We do not guarantee that you will be able
to shoot one inch groups using our shooting techniques.